In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (25 Oct 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load
• In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch
• Eating about twenty tart cherries a day could reduce inflammatory pain and headache pain
• A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
• The expression "Tying the Knot" comes from an old Roman custom where the brides clothes were tied up all in knots and the groom was supposed to untie the knots
• Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water forced out of the body by a siphon
• The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites
• More than 260,000 people have been killed by volcanic activity since 1700 AD.
• There is an area located off the south-eastern Atlantic coast of the United States called the "Bermuda Triangle." It is known for a high rate of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft, which has led some people to believe that this triangle has supernatural powers
• Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios

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